Ash dispenser



March 7, 1950 E. R. VON BENKENDORFF ASH DISPENSER Filed Nov. 30, 1945Inventr J A m B F V m R 0a & w 1% .d y uV F, T Z 0. 4 H.

Patented Mar. 7, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ASH DISPENSER EmilieRyan von Benkendorfl, Delavan, Wis.

Application November 30, 1945, Serial No. 632,037

1 Claim.

My invention as described herein, and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, consists of an ash dispenser, an object of which is to providemeans whereby cigarette, cigar and pipe ash may be permanently disposedof when brushed or knocked from the article upon which it is formed.

Another object of my invention is to provide means on the arm rest of anautomobile whereby ash may be permanently disposed of.

A further object of this invention is to provide in connection with anarm rest of an automobile a passage opening under the car and an armrest forming a closure for the passageway.

Other features and advantages will become more readily apparent from thefollowing description and the accompanying illustrative drawings inwhich:

Figure l is a diagrammatic elevational view embracing my invention,

Figure 2 is a greatly enlarged vertical sectional view of an arm restpedestal embracing my invention, the hereinafter referred to elongatedhead being removed;

Figure 3 is a similar view, parts being shown in changed position; and

Figure 4 is a fragmentary horizontal sectional view, taken on the line4-4 in Figure 2.

In the accompanying drawings, and in the following specification, thesame reference characters are used to designate the same parts andelements throughout and in which ll indicates an automobile and 52indicates a seat therein. At the end of the seat is a tubular pedestal,the lower end Hi of which opens out under the floor iii of the car. Theupper end N5 of the pedestal is provided with an elongated head l'l,upon which is a slidable top plate closure it, having a knob 8 at oneend 20 thereof. Pivoted to the end 20 of the under surface of the memberI8, is an inflexible arm 2|. A pin 24 integrally connects the arm 2| anda second plate closure member 25, said pin operating in the frontal slotof a bracket member 26, fixed to the inner wall 2?, of said pedestal.The bracket is also provided with opposing side slots 28, through whichthe terminals of the pin 24, project. The arm 2! is disposed normal tothe second plate closure member 25. The bracket 26 includes a base plate30 extending across a portion of the inside surface of the pedestaladjacent said top plate closure 18, and the side slots are defined by apair of laterally disposed vertical straps 32 which may be secured tothe pedestal by screws also used to hold the base plate 30 in place.

From the foregoing it will be seen that upon sliding the top plate l8,forward as indicated in Figure 3 the mouth of the pedestal will beopened up for receiving ashes or other small debris and upon opening thesame, the arm 2!, will be brought to vertical position and the plate 25to horizontal position whereby the passage to the pedestal will beclosed in order to prevent updraught while the said slide 18, is in openposition and whereby when the slide is again closed the debris on theplate 25, which may be of any desired width, will be dumped from theplate 25 to be dropped through the lower end it, of the pedestal. It is,of course obvious, that the slide 58, may be provided with a paddedcushion (not shown).

It is thought that persons skilled in the art to which the inventionrelates will be able to obtain a clear understanding of the inventionafter considering the description in connection with the drawings.Therefore, a more lengthy description is regarded as unnecessary.

Changes in shape, size and rearrangement of details and parts such ascome within the purview of the invention claimed may be resorted to, inactual practice, if desired.

Having now described my invention that which I claim as new and desireto procure by Letters Patent is:

The combination of a vehicle body floor and an ash dispenser comprisinga tubular pedestal extending through said floor, a sliding top plateclosure for said pedestal, a second plate closure member having avertically slidable pivotal connection with said pedestal and disposedintermediate the ends of and within said pedestal, an inflexible armhaving one end fixed to said second plate and the other end pivoted onthe underside of said sliding closure to close said pedestal when saidsliding closure is moved into fully opened position, whereby updraft ofair is prevented when said sliding closure is open, said arm beingsubstantially normal to said second closure member.

EMILIE RYAN VON BENKENDORFF.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 463,264 Adler Nov. 17, 18911,573,870 Sanford Feb. 23, 1926 1,699,068 Hue Jan. 15, 1929 2,014,030Punke Sept. 10, 1935 2,299,668 Webster Oct. 20, 1942

